Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “ambulate” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
Check this box to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

20 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
~~remove a letter~~ ~ replace a letter ~ swap two letters ~ _add a letter from your word
(Use the links in the Changes column to see more Transformation details.)

Found Word	Scrabble Score	Searched Previously	Found Previously	Changes	To Transform to your Word
ambulate	12	3	973	(None)
ambulated	14	5	713	1	ambulated
ambulates	13	4	838	1	ambulates
ablate	8	22	1921	2	a_b_late
adulate	8	3	1323	2	a_dulate
ambulance	15	4	506	2	ambulance
ambulant	12	4	716	2	ambulant
ambulator	13	4	616	2	ambulator
ambulette	13	4	373	2	ambulette
amputate	12	4	626	2	amputate
angulate	9	3	1201	2	angulate
annulate	8	3	1092	2	annulate
emulate	9	3	1412	2	em_ulate
fabulate	13	3	920	2	fabulate
hamulate	13	5	901	2	ham_ulate
lobulate	10	7	883	2	lobulate
maculate	12	28	1562	2	maculate
subulate	10	3	1274	2	subulate
tabulate	10	3	1089	2	tabulate
tubulate	10	3	827	2	tubulate

Search took 4 seconds overall (including website activity, plus SQL activity in the following phases):

Length Filter: Limit the application of DLD to words with length difference of no more than the Change Limit.
DLD Change Limit: Apply DLD to each remaining word, limiting each comparison according to the Change Limit.
Display Results: Return the results, with similar words marked up to highlight differences.

Seq	Search Phase	Words Checked	Words Matched	Seconds	Words Per Sec
1	Length Filter	178691	121059	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	20	3.500	34588.3
3	Display Results	20	20	0.016	1250.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	20	3.906	45747.8